To traverse the whole, to touch the depth of being, is to awaken the ambiguity coiled inside."
--Emmanuel Levinas
Nine Talmudic Readings

Richard Ryan, Ph.D.
Dr. Ryan is in private practice in Westwood, California working with adults, adolescents and children. He also works part-time for the Jung Institute of Los Angeles. Clincal interests include journaling, creativity, mindfulness and spirituality, working with dreams, images and the creative use of reverie and imagination. He has written about the phenomenon of splitting and fragmentation in the field of depth psychology.

EDUCATION:
• Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA.
• Masters in Social Work from New Mexico Highlands University, 1996. Las Vegas, NM.
• B.A. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.

LICENSES HELD:
· NM LISW #I-05176 (Licensed Independent Social Worker)
· CA LCSW #23135 (Licensed Clinical Social Worker)

CLINICAL WORK
· Private Practice, 1998-Present
· Program Coordinator, Supervisor, Child & Family Center, 2008-present
· C.G. Jung Institute Los Angeles, 2005-present
· Santa Fe Public Schools, 1997-2004
· Hacienda Velarde, 1996-1997
· Santa Fe Rape Crisis Center, 1995-1996
· Home Visit Services, Hospice Care 1994-1995



• PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
· The psychological meaning of September 11, 2001.
· Synchronicity, vocation, and world events.
· Sand play therapy, neurobiology, and trauma recovery.
· Ecopsychology.